choked by diwali smog, gurgaon makes a beeline for air purifiers | gurgaon news - times of india - cheap air purifier

Gurgaon: The next morning after the annual Lantern Festival, the NCR wakes up in the smog, and the air pollution level in the capital is already very serious.
Even this year, with the sharp decline in firecrackers sales, the content of fine particulate matter in the city's air has risen to nearly 30 times the international value.
Since air pollution is a topic that is often talked about during the year, Gurgaon decided to protect himself from toxic air pollution. Air-
It was not until last year that the purifier was considered
This year, sales of essential have increased significantly, especially around Diwali.
Although doctors and pollution experts remain skeptical about the efficacy and benefits of these devices, residents of Gurgaon seem to have confidence in protecting their lungs after the Lantern Festival.
168% liter sale of air purifiers this section: air purifiers manufacturers in India, this section is an accident and their sales break all records.
Shuvendu Mazumdar, national product manager of sharp India air purifier, said, "retailers are sure to see sales growth in the countdown to Diwali.
The trend of giving air purifiers to friends, family and even business partners is new.
As a result, our retail sales increased by about 168% compared to the previous Diwali.
This trend is likely to continue.
ASEM Juneja, head of Panasonic India's products, said, "air purifiers became India's consumer products for the first time during Obama's visit to India in January.
At that time, some foreign publications published articles on how toxic air in Delhi had shortened his life span by about six hours.
This gives us a lot of questions.
Soon, many companies entered the air purifier market after the summer, and sales began to rise.
But Diwali is really a watershed for us.
In the first ten days of November, we have exceeded the sales figures in October.
Residents of the NCR said that despite the decline in sales of firecrackers this year, many firecrackers will still burst out to fill the air with smoke.
The Delhi Pollution Control Commission estimates that high levels of particulate matter and other pollutants will be further increased by 3-fold on Diwali.
Jaspreet Bhatia, a resident of Udyog Vihar, said, "I bought an air purifier for my sister to use for the discharge lamp festival.
The place where she lives is full of dust and smoke.
I know things will get worse before and after Diwali, so it seems like a good gift.
In addition, all electronic
Tailors who offer discounts on electronics, I saved thousands of dollars.
Deepti Singh, a RK Puram resident in Delhi, said, "The week before the Lantern Festival, it took me 30 years to buy an air purifier.
I 've been thinking about buying one for a while, and when I read in the news that air pollution will add three more
During Diwali, it was time for me to decide four times.
Even if people burst out fewer and fewer cookies, there will still be thousands of people doing so.
This is the least we can do to protect our health.
Kanika Malhotra recently purchased an air purifier for her residence in Delhi, saying, "It's not just firecrackers.
Pollution levels are bad all year round.
You can hardly see the stars at night due to smog.
Diwali makes the situation worse.
The air purifier has been around for a while, but I feel that one is urgently needed this year.
My brother has asthma and I have heard that air purifiers can help people with asthma and allergies.
Dishant Sharma, marketing director at Noida, zone 50, said, "Diwali or non-Diwali, pollution levels are high.
If we start a plan like a car
In a city that relies heavily on car commuting, a free day speaks to our desperation to curb air pollution.
People setting off firecrackers is not something we can control, but we can do something about the air in the lungs.
The air purifier is our best choice.
I bought one last week.
"Not picky about the price: PN Pradhan, manager of a home appliance store here, said," in the past few months, sales have increased at a rate of about 10% per month, but in the past week or so, these questions have doubled, and the number of purifiers we sell in these seven days is as much as the number sold in a month.
One interesting aspect is that customers seem to be able to spend money on them.
Generally speaking, when it comes to home appliances, customers are picky about the price, but now they are willing to spend a lot of money on air purifiers.
Rajat Verma, a salesman of a leading air purifier brand in Delhi, told us, "people are a little scared this year.
Air pollution has always been a topic that people talk about. it affects people's psychology.
They are not picky about the price either.
Many people are willing to buy a good air purifier for more than £ 30 000, even with a cheap one, for less than half the price.
Vinod, a salesperson at an air purifier store in Noida, District 18, said, "cheap air purifiers start at 10,000, but most brands of air purifiers cost more than 25,000.
People don't know much about air purifiers, so although the cost is high, they prefer large and well-known brands.
"There is no conclusive evidence that air purifiers clean air: Authorities NCR residents may consider air purifiers to be their sole protection against toxic air in the city, but experts are not convinced of their efficacy.
They said that despite the increase in sales, there was no fair research to prove their efficiency.
Dr MP George, senior scientist at the Delhi Pollution Control Commission, said, "What I can say is that there is no research into the efficacy of these air purifiers, so we can't say if they work.
I can't comment on this without research or testing-it's not done by any independents.
Atulesh Yadav, regional director, Noida, the Northern State Pollution Control Commission, told us, "there is indeed no state --
Sponsored research on the efficacy of air purifiers.
But this is largely because the product is brand new in the Indian market.
But as sales volume increases, it is our agenda to test the effectiveness of air purifiers in reducing air pollutants.
Sources from within the board say the study will be conducted in the state's NCR area in the near future.
Respiratory scientist: air purifiers can only provide limited relief (
Chest doctor)
Although the role of the air purifier is limited, it is still very effective.
Dr. Vivek Nangia, director and head of the lung department at Fortis Hospital in Delhi, said, "a study does show that exposure to air purifiers can benefit allergic asthma patients.
Nevertheless, it is important to note that the air purifier only controls the internal environment, not the external environment.
The pollution of Diwali mainly affects streets and public spaces, and air purifiers cannot improve these environments.
But a flower 8-
10 hours a day in the house, so there is definitely no harm in breathing healthy air during this time.
Dr. Vinod Anand in Delhi
Air purifiers can actually make us more vulnerable to pollution.
By cleaning the air inside the building, it will increase the difference in the degree of air pollution inside and outside the building.
Clean air is good, but if you get very clean air part of the day, and the air pollution outside is very serious, then with the reduction of the resilience and immunity of the respiratory system, it
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